The Electric Seaway (TES)

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The UK has a beautiful coastline that is integral to many communities but it also provides unique opportunities to engage with the water for commercial and leisure activities. The south coast of the UK has responded to the shift in maritime expectations over the past few years with many new businesses and technology developments for clean and green vessels.The Electric Seaway will provide a charging infrastructure network along the south coast to accelerate the transition to clean maritime. By providing 10 locations with charging installations and including 2 that also embed battery energy storage solutions where grid capacity is a challenge, this network will not only offer a blueprint for future networks but also provide much needed clarity for the whole supply chain. It will offer a standardised approach to e-charging in current and planned fully marinised charging technology and help to overcome the major barrier of limited grid capacity and thus level up infrastructure provision.Chargers installed will be able to provide increased power supply at 10 sites of up to 150 kws including 2 identified sites where battery energy storage will be installed.The World's first Electric Seaway will offer a mix of solutions to meet locations current and future needs, and this will provide a true network of charging, it could be classified as a green corridor but there is no defined route that vessels may take so we believe this Seaway is a flexible and responsive network supporting both commercial and leisure activities. With many ports and harbours already looking at e-vessels for their own operational fleets and private owners wanting to reduce emissions in an environment they enjoy.Aqua superPower will bring together this consortium to deliver the network in two years with the support of Innovate UK and DfT. The Electric Seaway will be an essential part of the sector's ability to develop, build and retrofit vessels incorporating clean propulsion options using batteries with a significant shift forward in a reduction of emissions.Aqua will be supported by the members of the UK Harbour Masters' Association, site locations for energy storage systems in BCP Council and South Hams District Council with leading industry partners in Denchi and across the whole Seaway the expertise from the University of Plymouth ensure environmental impacts and carbon reduction are monitored and fed back to policy makers for future planning.